Published first in New Jersey for the Brown University Science Fiction Union, the first issue of Crossroads was published in April 1969. By issue # 13, (Volume 2, #1), released in Fall 1972, mention of Brown University has been dropped,

"SFR, Crossroads, and the rest were a feast for those who enjoyed heavyweight intellectual sparring," said Arnie Katz in his article "The Philosophical Theory of Fan History".